Our global scale and local expertise help set us apart. A commitment to investment excellence means we unite quality people and insight to create value that endures. Specialist teams draw from across the entire UBS Group. We take care to forge long-term partnerships and deliver effective solutions through cycles.

The craft of investing

Aleksandar Ivanovic, President of UBS Asset Management, shares how trust, craftsmanship, and client-centricity define everything we do. With a deep understanding of your needs and a commitment to delivering our global expertise, we strive to be a trusted partner through every market cycle.

 

What makes us different?

  • Power with precision

    With distinct specialist teams across active and passive, traditional and alternative, each with their own viewpoints and philosophies, we generate innovative ideas to help meet your investment goals.

  • Value beyond investments

    Fundamental to our long-term partnerships is our ability to bring value beyond investments. From technology to reporting, white-labelling to fund wrapping, we bind together resources, insights and expertise from across our whole firm to offer greater levels of service and value.

  • Care in our craft

    We take care to craft investments that can endure through cycles and over generations. This takes vision, skill, rigor, and an inherent understanding of risk, which are core to our Swiss heritage.

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Global leadership

Our dedicated global leadership team bring diverse perspectives in order to bring our strategy to life. With a relentless focus on our clients’ challenges and pain-points, the team strive to build an innovative investment firm fit for the future – one focused on investment excellence and partnering with clients to provide solutions that meet a variety of needs.

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Country Head Australasia

Potrait of Alison Telfer - Country Head Australasia, UBS Asset Management

Alison Telfer, Country Head Australasia, UBS Asset Management

Alison was appointed Country Head Australia and New Zealand for UBS Asset Management in January 2022.

Alison has over 25 years of experience working in Australian and global asset management with roles spanning product development, strategy, client distribution, legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs as well as the COO function. Alison brings these skills to her leadership of UBS Asset Management and its goal of partnering with clients and industry to reimagine the power of investing and connecting people for a better world.

Prior to joining UBS Alison was General Counsel and Head of Compliance at BlackRock before being appointed COO and Head of Public Policy. Alison also chaired the Australian Board and was Executive Sponsor for BlackRock Women’s Initiative and the firm’s Philanthropic Committee.

Prior to BlackRock, Alison worked at Challenger as director of specialized product development and institutional co-investments. Alison commenced her career as a financial services lawyer at law firms King Wood Mallesons and Ashurst.

Alison holds a seat on the Financial Services Council board and Fund Management Board Committee.

Alison holds a BA (communications)/LLB.

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